Archival photo quality paper

I would like to find the best quality archival photo paper available.I
intend to scan and copy and retouch(photo 7) old family black and
white pictures for prosperity.
Any help here would be appreciated.

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Just archival paper will not help much. The paper will last 300 years
and the ink will last 5-30.

Ink and paper work together. You need the combination that works best
giving you the quality output and the life you want.

Frankly at this time, I believe the best bet for long life is printing
using one the systems that exposes standard photo paper which is processed
conventionally. That should give you 30-50 years.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

"Jeff Furber" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I would like to find the best quality archival photo paper available.I
> intend to scan and copy and retouch(photo 7) old family black and
> white pictures for prosperity.
> Any help here would be appreciated.

Epson 2100 or 2200 with Archival matt paper is rated (by Epson) for 100
years.
I use the Semi-Gloss (45 years).

Archival ratings given by the manufacturer are the very best that you can
expect. Unless framing and display are perfect you will get less.

For archival prints you need a pigment printer - most inkjets use dye based
inks with a life of 10-15 years max.. As far as I know the Epson is the only
affordable (!) pigment printer on the market.
--
Paul Worden
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Traditional chemical prints are only good for 20 or so years for color, B&W is
a different story, providing good paper, and washing techniques are observed,
which eliminates machine drugstore machine prints. An Epson 2200 will with an
archival paper, like Epson Fine Art will last a long time. Inkjet compares
favorably with chemical processes even most dye based printers.

Tom

In article <o3mPa.7642$>,
says...
>
> Just archival paper will not help much. The paper will last 300 years
>and the ink will last 5-30.
>
> Ink and paper work together. You need the combination that works best
>giving you the quality output and the life you want.
>
> Frankly at this time, I believe the best bet for long life is printing
>using one the systems that exposes standard photo paper which is processed
>conventionally. That should give you 30-50 years.
>
>
>--
>Joseph E. Meehan
>
>26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math
>
>
>"Jeff Furber" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> I would like to find the best quality archival photo paper available.I
>> intend to scan and copy and retouch(photo 7) old family black and
>> white pictures for prosperity.
>> Any help here would be appreciated.
>
>

Jeff Furber <> wrote in message
news:...
> I would like to find the best quality archival photo paper available.I
> intend to scan and copy and retouch(photo 7) old family black and
> white pictures for prosperity.

I don't think you are going to prosper doing this, however, you might
consider doing it for your posterity, and not your prosperity.

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